Nicole, I LOVE that electric skillet. We had an identical one when I was growing up and I learned to cook using it. I would love to have one just like it but there is nowhere for me to put yet another small appliance. I am going to get rid of three crock pots when I buy my instant pot. I never use my George Foreman grill so that can go too. Oh-Oh ...I just found some room. :-)

My oldest appliance is my vintage Oster blender. It is an old workhorse and I wouldn't trade it for any of the new wimpy blenders out there.

Does a hand mixer count as an appliance? I have a new one, but my old one is like 30 years old.

Sunbeam electric skillet got for wedding present, in 1959. Oven, came with this house, 1968 model.

Hamilton Beach milkshake maker my dad had in a ice cream /burger shop he had in the mid 1940's before I was born.

My Kitchenaid (Hobart built) stand mixer is 40 years old, still going strong and it gets heavy use.

A Toastmaster waffle iron from the 70's.

OMG....forgot about my electric skillet. Its 35 or more years old. Redid my kitchen 11 years ago so that's the age of most of my appliances except for the refrigerator which had to be replaced 3 1/2 years ago. For all those that have very old appliances, I say hold on to them. They sure don't make them like they use to. Average life expectancy of a refrigerator is 7 years today.

My mother used to have an electric skillet like the one pictured. I got it when I moved out of the house after college, but I somehow lost track of it during repeated moves. I just remembered I bought an alarm clock from the 1950s at an antique store last year. Thus I guess that might qualify as the oldest applicance.

I have an electric skillet I purchased second hand in 1984. It was well used then and the outer colour is that avocado green so I'd guess it was made in the mid-1970s.

I still use a convertible sandwich toaster/waffle iron MIL gave us as a housewarming gift in 1981.

I know that you know; those old refrigeration units consume a lot of energy. They would probably pay for their own replacement in 12 months.

Our double ovens came with the house, built in 1979.

My mother and I both had GE refrigerators which lasted over 35 years. Mine was still going but the avocado color made me sell it when it dated my kitchen. My mother bought a pushbutton electric stove in 1948 and it was still running when we sold her house in 2000 and she used to constantly. Unfortunately, nothing today lasts nearly that long.

Here at work, we have a fridge in the office that has been here as long as me...27 yrs. and I know we didn't get it new...I gets too cold in some areas and freezes food but I sorta like it. I like to partially freeze my water so I'll stick in the freezer but if I don't want it to melt too much after taking it out, I'll put in the part of the fridge that is too cold LOL Honestly I wish new fridges had an option like that. At home, my stove, dishwasher and mirco-hood are about 15 yrs old. Got the when I moved in to my condo.

Lily315 Unfortunately, nothing today lasts nearly that long. So true, sadly nothing seems to last like the old days. We are more of a throw away society......sigh

stove and fridge, both bought in 1996

This missus. I don't have an AC plug, but it sometimes. . .

I retired a waffle iron not too long ago that was my grandmothers that I used for many years. Proctor before they merged with Silex. Round and sectioned into quadrants. One of the quadrants no longer heats, but for the decades that waffle iron was used it was wonderful. Wipe it clean, never wash, never oil, and waffles did not stick or even think about sticking. I have it, but am not using it.

I left a 40 yr old Kelvinator upright 23 cu ft freezer in the basement when we moved 5 years ago. Getting it down there had required taking the door off the freezer, and two doors off in the house. I decided it was happier where it was, and replaced it with one energy efficient and smaller. The smaller was a mistake, I shorted myself a little on freezer space and it's crowded enough I have trouble keeping it organized.

If you count small appliances, my Harvest Gold KitchenAid stand mixer. I think I got it in the late 70’s or early 80’s. Still going strong, but I do use a little hand mixer or immersion blender a lot.

For large appliances, we just replaced our 18 year old heat pump last summer and our washer and dryer. The dryer was over 20 years old and still worked fine, but I hated the washer and they were not a matched pair. I gave both to a young couple who were buying their first house. Appliances don’t seem to last as long as they used to.

If blenders count, my oldest appliance is an orange blender that I received as a shower gift in 1972. My upright freezer is at least 40 years old.

I bought a Kenmore washer the week my son was born and sold it the week he got married at age 25 and got $25 dollars for it. No repairs ever.

Electric waffle iron. Don't know its age, but my grandmother used it in her restaurant before my mother was born in 1927. (Darn, now I want a waffle.)

1954 toaster bought at garage sale.

Just replaced a garbage disposal bought in the late 1980s that was making alarming noises and the dishwasher installed about the same time conked out in 2015.

Gas dryer bought in 1983 is on its last legs, doesn’t heat reliably these days.

Love this thread and agree that old ones are good ones!

upright freezer, Kenmore, 1989, still going strong, (fingers crossed)

my washer, kenmore, lasted 18 years. dryer, also Kenmore, was fine but we put on CL for free, when we bought new washer. wanted matching set and out luck our dryer would have broken in a month if we didn't replace.

so true, things don't last like they used too!!

Mother bought an Electrolux vacuum cleaner in 1947. It was still workable in 2002 when she passed away.

In 1979, I installed a Kitchen Aid garbage grinder. Its ok to date.

Mother acquired a used, foot treadle Singer sewing machine ca 1936. I have it (kept at my sister's place) and it works well as years ago. In the last 5 years, my sister used it to make a few things.

A chest freezer bought in 1969. Used continuously .

I have my mom's Regal Crock*Pot, probably from the 70's.

My hand mixer is probably at least 20 years old.

Very impressed with the major appliances! They sure don't make them like they used to.

my Refrigerator, whirlpool, is 20 years old. Running fine but replacing it with a reno this year. My oldest item in the kitchen is a crock pot, no-name brand, and it's 36 years old. So is my food processor. My sunbeam mixer (which still works but stopped using it fully about 6 months ago was my Mom's, I've had it 32 years, she had it well before that!

My 1948 O'Keefe & Merritt range, followed by my washer & dryer. I think my mother bought them in 1986-87. They are Kenmore.

My 1959 waffle/grilled cheese grill, very simply made. Makes the best grilled cheese sandwiches I've ever had.

OK, if you count "like new" and "barely used", that's the aqua hand mixer I received as a shower gift in 1964. (One of the beaters does have a dent from when Ms. Newlywed tried to break up a hunk of brown sugar.)

I'm more interested in the appliances with moving parts that have been in daily use and have lasted. A skillet or oven that just 'gets hot' isn't quite as amazing. I had a toaster-oven that lasted 20 years before then-bachelor DS did it in.

The GE washer and dryer I bought in 1971 to wash baby clothes lasted for me, and then for 'baby' until he was almost thirty. The full size Maytag stack washer/dryer is 17. I've spent $400 total on repairs. (This is one of the last Maytags made in Iowa.)

The waffle iron I got for my wedding 48 years old and my mother's Singer Featherweight from the 30s.

I have the wafflemaker from my childhood. It's at least 55 years old. It has reversible irons for grilling, which no one has ever used. I had to look: it's Black and Decker brand, made in Brazil. It's going to be a long time before I let it go, so my daughter was thrilled to find an identical model in the thrift store. It was $5, looked totally unused, but works great.

My KitchenAid K5-A mixer. It was a splurge for us when we bought it in 1975. I stapled the receipt in the owner's manual - we paid $135.97.

I have a KA mixer that I bought in the mid-80's - still going strong! It was a splurge for me, too!

I have a hand held mixer I got when I got married 41 years ago and a standing mixer I got in 1978

A waffle iron and a blender, both from the late 60s. I got rid of my harvest gold fridge when I renovated the kitchen in 2002. It was running just fine. The contractor took it even though I did not tell him he could have it. I let him keep it since I knew I had to get rid of it but it made me mad.

My waffle iron, which was a wedding gift in 1976. All my major appliances are from 1998, or a bit older.

My very vintage icebox, would still work if I ordered the blocks of ice!

Hahaha funny question! Nothing. My pressure cooker I bought around Christmas I guess. None of them could swim.

My hairdryer that I bought with babysitting money in 1972 which i still use every other day.

think how long the "legs" last has to do with how often an item is used. i have several small appliances that, short of being dropped and broken, should last a long long time.

My clothes dryer. Bought it 31 years ago USED! I think have gone through 3 washing machines.

I forgot about the hairdryer. Handheld Clairol from pre 1981, the prongs aren't polarized. Used at least 2-6 times per week for all those years. Do the new one last for even a year?

It would be my iron and my slow cooker. I got both for wedding gifts almost 28 years ago.

Oh no! Maybe it's my deep freezer. I bought it used 30 years ago. I change my answer: my deep freezer which is no not an Energy Star appliance.........

My refrigerator was bought in 2000.Iit's very outdated ("almond' color) Since we remodeled our kitchen just this past fall, it looks terribly out of place. Everything else is black and stainless. But the fridge keeps running so it stats until I have some extra money.

My husband?

I have the 1948 Toastmaster toaster that my parents got as a wedding present. It's not used often, but still works.

My wall oven and stovetop, both turquoise, both here when I moved in 26 years ago.

1971 avocado green Kenmore sewing machine, still runs like a dream.

I have that 1971 green sewing machine, too. Can’t kill it.